Pay Day Misadventure at Landers Milling Company
A man fleeing a flood and pursued by two riders hides in an Arkansas village house. He stages a dramatic ink blood tableau to mislead intruders, securing a doorway and catching their suspicions as they decide to flee. The scene ends with the looters riding off, leaving the fate of pay-day unresolved. The tale centers on the March pay day at Landers Milling Company.
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Relef
Arkansas
Reed Gang
Sean
Ali
Landers’ Milling Company
River Runs Up Stream Curious Oklahoma Tale
A North Canadian river anomaly near Eufaula in McIntosh county appears to run upstream after a rise in the South Canadian. Log and drift movement reverses at the confluence, creating the illusion of the river flowing the wrong way. A local farmer jokes about needing a doctor as the phenomenon bafflingly reverses directions for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oklo
McIntosh County
Eufaula
North Fork
Big Price to Wed Squaw
York Pat Charles Peterson a stone cutter from the city offers to marry David Toulee’s daughter in Yakima district Washington. Toulee advertised for a suitable white husband with 40 acres of land, $500 cash and a band of horses as dowry. Peterson wrote to Toulee and to Seattle police to learn more about the father and awaits replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Pat Charles Peterson
David Toulee
Yakima
Washington
Toulee
Peterson
Seattle
United States
East
Europe
Rats Carry Leprosy Germs In New Discovery
Washington report by Dr. George McCoy of the marine hospital service says rats can carry leprosy germs. Experiments in San Francisco show attempts to prove transmission to humans. Government aids state and city efforts to kill urban rats blamed for plague. Infected rats on ships arriving at New York or Philadelphia could spread the disease nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George McCoy
Marine Hospital Service
Wyman
San Francisco
United States
Orient
New York
Philadelphia
Blind Men Incorporate in Vienna to Sell by Merit
A Vienna business corporation formed by totally blind men manufactures brushes and baskets with sixteen skilled workers. In eight months it filled orders totaling 28 000 kronen, earned a fair profit, and has enough on hand to justify expanding workshops. The firm emphasizes that its wares are sold on actual merit in fair competition and seeks business, not charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Woman seeks bankruptcy protection in Fos ter county case
Mia Maggie KR. Montgomery faces 14 000 dollars in debt while trying to run a farm in Fos ter county and has petitioned the United States court to declare her bankrupt. Her assets total 850 dollars and liabilities exceed that amount.
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Fargo
N. D
Foster County
Mia
Maggie KR. Montgomery
United States Court
Read ing man, 67, weds 14 year old Emma Lutz in Wilmington
Jacob Klink, Civil War veteran, after two previous marriages to young girls, marries Emma Lutz aged 14 with parental consent. Daisy Belles had divorced him for cruelty. Emma locks herself upstairs when approached. Klink defends union, cites love, claims age no barrier. Neighbors and family oppose but vow to stand by their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Agnes Faust
Jacob Klink
Wilmington
Daisy Belles
Daisy
Emma Lutz
Charles C. Lutz
Klink
Emma
Wife and husband jailed after domestic dispute in Kansas City
Mrs. Della Lewis of Kansas City Kansas marches her husband Smith Lewis to police headquarters to press a warrant for not supporting her. City Attorney Nelson confirms Lewis is wanted for abandoning his wife and family.
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Kansas City
Della Lewis
Kan
Pat” Richardson
Smith Lewis
Richardson
Mrs. Lewis
Nelson
Lewis
Java's Grandeur For Foreign Tourists Explored In Depth
A detailed portrait of Java’s attractions for visitors, highlighting architecture, ancient temples at Prambanan and Borobudur, diverse native quarters, colonial governance, volcanic scenery, unique climate zones, and world renowned botanical gardens at Buitenzorg. It notes easy travel from Batavia to varied altitudes and climates, with Dutch colonial life framing the experience.
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Java
P le
Island of the Orient
Hindoo
Prambanan
Boro Buedoer
Kampongs
Buitenzorg
Batavia
Sindanglaja
Soerabaja
Tosari
Tanjong Priok
Batavia Ja
Annual Shipments of Deep Sea Creatures Arrive for Public Viewing
The New York aquarium receives its annual display of beautiful and odd deep sea life from Bermuda. Water is shipped in tanks then stored and recirculated to keep tanks pure. The exhibit relies on cedar traps luring specimens, with fishermen guiding prized catches to the aquarium.
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New York Aquarium
Bermuda Ty
Aquarium
Bermuda
St. Wilt
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Irving Williams
Shortstory Pub. Co
Squaw
England
Detroit
Mich
Paul J. Thomas
Goodby
Thomas
Paul. Thomas
London
Adelaide
George
Mama
Papa
Cecelia
Bronx City
Christian Gelt
Iowa
Ole Gelt
Japan
Island
The
Ori
Nobis
Javanece
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